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Sgt Carr suffered a stress-related illness last year after being made the subject of an internal investigation into misconduct, says Lincolnshire Police.

Sources told MailOnline there was no confirmation whether Sgt Carr took her holidays when she was off work with stress, but she did upload them to social media during that period.

Sergeant Leanne Carr (Image: Lincolnshire Police)

Detective Superintendent Suzanne Davies for Lincolnshire Police said: “The officer in question was absent from work due to illness for a period of seven months while an internal misconduct investigation was carried out.

“These matters have now been concluded and were dealt with by way of a misconduct meeting - details of which are not made public because they deal with less serious internal matters. This was in accordance with Police (Conduct) Regulations 2012.

“When any officer is absent from work due to illness, regular contact is maintained with them and they are entitled to do as they wish during that time, including going on holiday, as long as it does not prohibit their return to work as soon as possible.

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“I am satisfied that this officer returned to work as soon as she was able to.

“We are aware that a number of our officers have personal social media accounts and are, of course, entitled to a private life.

“If anything is included on those accounts that breaches the high standards a police officer should maintain at all times, we will investigate and act accordingly to make sure that is dealt with appropriately.”

A police source told MailOnline: “She certainly doesn't look very stressed in the images she's put on her social media.

'In fact, she's having a whale of a time in luxury resorts all over the world - all funded by the public purse of course.

“What has angered colleagues is that while she's been uploading these globetrotting snaps, she's supposed to have been off work sick.

“Officers have a tough job to do and sometimes the strain becomes too much but these photos of her living a life of luxury while she was supposed to be recovering are a bit hard to take.

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“This is a senior officer – a sergeant earning around £45,000-a-year – and in my opinion some of the photos are not befitting of someone in that role.

“In practically every photograph, she is wearing next to nothing and some of the poses she does are very suggestive.

“Lincolnshire Police know about this, but are allowing it to happen despite having a strict policy on what an officer can share on social media.”

Sgt Carr, who is based at Grantham Police station, took seven months off work from June last year and returned to work "on recuperative duties" in January and is now back working full time.

Although MailOnline cannot confirm where exactly she went during her time on sick leave, she has been captured frolicking in the snow in Austria, sunbathing in Cyprus, and enjoying a stay at the Holiday Inn Resort on Phi Phi Island in Thailand.